That setup is accurate. You can nothing but legal documents, a religious text, and the clothes on your back to boot camp. As for nuke school, imagine a smallish dorm. It’s furnished and you can bring alllll your old clothes, computer, books, what have you.

i’ll be home in early july, i think. other than that i don’t know exactly when i’ll be back again.

At boot camp you are just a ‘nuke’.  A few weeks into boot camp you get assigned EM, MM, or ET. Most people usually get a choice to pick 2 they like and get assigned one of those, but if the Navy needs 10 ET’s and there’s 10 nuke recruits, you can guess what will happen. It’s NOT based on ASVAB scores WHATSOEVER, except that they try to spread the smarties and dummies around evenly.

Boot camp is easy. Literally, all you have to do is as your are told. It will become fun. Don’t be scared to prove yourself as responsible and competent. The first 72 hours are pretty scary but by the end I was able to joke around (a liiiitle bit) with my RDCs. You’ll be scared shitless the first day, everybody is, and just remember that it makes RDCs look good to have high success rates in boot camp, so they want people there who prove they want to be there too.

Nuke school was hard for me. Just stay motivated and it will be fine. Try to learn how to study effectively and establish good habits early on. Don’t lie, don’t cheat, and don’t drink underage. They fucking hate liars there and will work haaard to fuck you good if you prove yourself dishonest.

Don’t worry about girls or money or family or past fuckups. I’m 22 with no degree and I only know 2 people my age making my wage. Being a Nuke is the only really good way to make money in the enlisted military without being shot at. You’re getting a good deal.